re: Was the treatment of Vietnam soldiers returning home somewhat mythical?

And yes, we go a bit overboard in our military love. I especially have a problem with blind love.

For instance, my brother in law did ROTC. He had his college paid for, got a great living allowance while in school, so he could afford to have a nice apartment, eat well, and drink plenty of beer. Now he spends his service time living in a beach side condo in FLA. He gets overpaid, plus get's a housing and food allowance, meaning he pockets everything he makes... and he'll be blindly slobbered over the same way someone who fought in battle.

I have friends that laid down their lives in Fallujah because they were ordered not to shoot as the enemy was among civilians. No, not everybody deserves our respect that wears the uniform but we give it because of the souls that wore it before deserve that honor.

re: Was the treatment of Vietnam soldiers returning home somewhat mythical? (Posted on 11/24/12 at 11:21 pm to Interception)

quote:I have friends that laid down their lives in Fallujah because they were ordered not to shoot as the enemy was among civilians. No, not everybody deserves our respect that wears the uniform but we give it because of the souls that wore it before deserve that honor.

Your brother in law sounds like a tool btw

He is a tool.

Are you serious with that analogy?

Those guys that were ordered not to shoot were battle soldiers.

My brother in law is a guy that never leaves a base. Get's to live in a beach side condo paid for by the tax payers. He's yet to leave this country... your analogy is just terrible.

I would respect the battle soldier that was told not to shoot, I'm not sure what point you were trying to make.

re: Was the treatment of Vietnam soldiers returning home somewhat mythical? (Posted on 11/24/12 at 11:29 pm to mograyback)

quote:Have you even read this thread?

I don't think anything negative has even been said...

Yep, I have read this thread and the others that have been made over the last couple of days. It doesnt personally bother me but it most definitely pisses me off when I think about the friends I have lost while serving as well as the folks who were wounded.

The passive aggressive shots are tasteless. People who put on a uniform take an inherent risk regardless of personal reasons for being in the service. You want top point out individuals and knock them, I understand as there are douche bags but the blanket shots are tiresome.

I stand by my earlier statement. 99% of these people would NEVER say that to a veterans face because they are pussies.

re: Was the treatment of Vietnam soldiers returning home somewhat mythical? (Posted on 11/24/12 at 11:34 pm to kilo)

quote:The passive aggressive shots are tasteless. People who put on a uniform take an inherent risk regardless of personal reasons for being in the service. You want top point out individuals and knock them, I understand as there are douche bags but the blanket shots are tiresome.

I stand by my earlier statement. 99% of these people would NEVER say that to a veterans face because they are pussies

Kilo, with all do respect. You are the KING of the art known as being passive aggressive. It's literally the fabric of who you are.

What blanket statement have I made? In fact, I make the opposite of blanket statements.

I've explained in this thread that don't have respect for a guy like my brother in law who lives in a beach condo and lived the high life in college on the militaries dime. I've thoroughly made a distinction between that type of soldier and the others.

And nothing else in this thread has been anything but observations of the truth, such as there was a negative perception of soldiers during and after war. Thats just observing how it was... not sure how you could have an issue with that.